Millions of people are taking part(1) ……………..……..New year’s celebrations around the world. People around the world (2)…………………………. the coming of the New Year. The celebrations(3) ………………………….. parties (4) ……………………..religious observances. (5)…………………….. people take part in special activities (6)………………………. are expexted to bring good luck and success in the New Year.

II./ Read the passage carefully

Mount Everest is the highest moutain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains beteen Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 metres high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people ever to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Men from several different countries climbed it after that. Junko Tabei, a Japanese from Hokkaido, was the first woman to make this difficult climb. A Tokyo newspaper-television comnpany organized the climb in 1975. They choose fifteen women from mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The group climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche. The heavy ice and snow injured ten of the women. They had to stop climbing. The other five continued. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 metres. She was standing on top of the world. She was the first woman there.

*Write True (T) or False (F)

1/ Mount Everest is beteen Nepal and China.

2/ It is the highest mountain in the world.

3/ Men from several different countries climbed it in 1953.

4/ Junko Tabei, who came from China, was the first woman to make this difficult climb.

5/ Ten of the women were injured in an avalanche.

6/ Junko Tabei could climb the last 70 metres.

D./ WRITNG (2ms)

I./ Complete the sentences using the words given

1/ It is nesessary…………………..( have a day / celebrate / for our parents )

…………………………………………………………………………………….

2/Although we don’t have a mother’s Day in Viet Nam,………………………………(Dad and I/ have special gifts/ and parties/my mom every year / the 8th of March